MINE

You were in college, working part-time, waiting tablesLeft a small town and never looked backI was a flight risk, afraid of fallin’Wondering why we bother with love, if it never lasts

I say, “Can you believe it?”As we’re lyin’ on the couchThe moment, I can see itYes, yes, I can see it now

Do you remember, we were sittin’ there, by the water?You put your arm around me for the fist timeYou made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughterYou are the best thing that’s ever been mine

Flash forward, and we’re takin’ on the world togetherAnd there’s a drawer of my things at your placeYou learn my secrets and figure out why I’m guardedYou say we’ll never make my parents’ mistakes

But we got bills to payWe got nothin’ figured outWhen it was hard to takeYes, yes

This is what I thought about:

Do you remember, we were sittin’ there, by the water?You put your arm around me for the fist timeYou made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughterYou are the best thing that’s ever been mine

Do you remember all the city lights on the water?You saw me start to believe for the first timeYou made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughterYou are the best thing that’s ever been mine

Oh, oh, oh, oh

And I remember that fight, two-thirty AMYou said everything was slipping right out of our handsI ran out, crying, and you followed me out into the street

Braced myself for the goodbye, cause that’s all I’ve ever knownThen, you took me by surpriseYou said, “I’ll never leave you alone.”

You said, “I remember how we felt, sitting by the water.And every time I look at you, it’s like the first time.I fell in love with a careless man’s careful daughter.She is the best thing that’s ever been mine.”

You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughterYou are the best thing that’s ever been mine